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When it come to low budget filmmaking, Bill Rebane really has done it all: writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, cameraman – you name it, Bill’s done it. Responsible for cult classics like Monster-A-Go-Go, The Giant Spider Invasion and the infamous Blood Harvest, Bill was gracious enough to talk to R!S!P! about his work.

Rock! Shock! Pop! - How did you get your start in the film business and what kind of training did you have before you started
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Stephen Biro has been the one man wrecking crew behind Unearthed Films, quietly and sometimes not so quietly releasing a slew of cult classics, gore films and underground oddities for well over a decade now. He was kind enough to take some time out of an increasingly busy schedule to talk about releases past, present and future as well as his thoughts on the industry and more. So without further ado…Rock! Shock! Pop! - Before you started Unearthed Films, you ran a video store. How and why did you make the transition from that business to film
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Last month Dynamite Comics unleashed the first issue of their new monthly series GWAR: Orgasmageddon. Rock! Shock! Pop! was lucky enough to get to pick the brain of series writer Matt Miner about his work on this series and other indie comics projects. So without further ado…
Last month Dynamite Comics unleashed the first issue of their new monthly series GWAR: Orgasmageddon. Rock! Shock! Pop! was lucky enough to get to pick the brain of series co-writer Matt Miner about his work on this series and other indie comics projects.
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The Jesters Of Destiny recently put out their first album in decades, and it’s pretty killer stuff (we reviewed it here in case you missed it). We here at R!S!P! (mainly Horace Cordier with some help from yours truly) were given the opportunity to interview bass/vocals man Bruce Duff and guitar man Ray Violet about getting back together, the new album and other Jesters related stuff! So without further ado…

For a few months now, Titan Comics has been publishing Peepland, a crime story set in the Times Square of the 1980’s. Co-authors Christa Faust and Gary Phillips took the time to talk to us about what went into writing this series, the inspiration behind much of what we see on the pages and more.

Rock! Shock! Pop!: Christa, the brief biography on your website says that you worked in a Times Square peepshow booth and also as a professional dominatrix. Obviously it’s no coincidence then that Roxy, the heroine in your Peepland series for Titan Comics, works in a peepshow. How many of the elements that are in this series are autobiographical? And what’s the craziest thing
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Todd Sheets has been toiling away in the low budget horror market for decades now. Having risen to prominence during the VHS rental boom years, the man has directed more than forty features since starting his career in the mid-eighties. Todd keeps busy but was gracious enough to take time out of his schedule to talk about his latest films House Of Forbidden Secrets and Dreaming Purple Neon, his legacy in the world of SOV pictures, the filmmaking scene in his native Kansas City and lots more.

Rock! Shock! Pop! - So what made you want to get into filmmaking in the first place? As a kid were there certain movies or directors that inspired you?

German thrash pioneers Sodom are pretty much legendary at this point in their career. They’ve been playing old school thrash metal for over thirty-five. Tom Angelripper has been the man upfront since day one and, along with of Bernd Kost and Markus Freiwald, has recently released their latest album, Decision Day. Tom took the time to talk to us about the new album, the band’s legacy and more!

R!S!P! - Sodom’s latest album is out this month – Decision Day – what’s the significance of the title and what sets this album apart from other Sodom records?

Tom Angelripper - The title track is about the invasion of the allied forces in Normandy, but it is not a concept album about this historical
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Since March of this year, Image Comics has been publishing The Discipline, a series written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Leandro Fernandez. The story follows a woman named Melissa, unhappy in her marriage, who “falls in lust with a stranger who's an awful lot more than he seems.” Clearly geared towards an adult audience, the book does not hold back on the sex and violence inherent in its story, but it does so with plenty of style and substance.

This October, Image will be releasing a trade paperback edition collecting the first six issues of the book (which make up the first storyline. Milligan and Fernandez were good enough to talk to us about their work on this series, and what the future holds.

Peter Milligan:

R!S!P!: Your latest series, The Discipline published through Image Comics, takes its central character – a Manhattan house wife named Melissa Peake – into some very dark territory. Where did the
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AshVs. Evil Dead Season One is out on DVD and Blu-ray now. Ash Vs. Evil Dead Season Two starts soon on Starz. Series’ stars Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo were cool enough to take some time out of their schedules to talk to us about what it’s like working on the series, fan reception, acting alongside the inimitable Bruce Campbell and more! Read on…

Ray Santiago:

RSP - How did you wind up getting the part in Ash Vs. The Evil Dead? Were you familiar with the movies before auditioning for the role?

RS- As a kid I was a huge fan of horror films and Evil Dead2 was one of my favs. I loved movies that combined both genres of horror and comedy, an element of camp like Evil Dead. Another one of my childhood favs was Nightmare On Elm Street. As a kid I pretended to be the guys saving people from the
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Venom Inc., are Venom. At least in a sense. Tony ‘Abaddon’ Bray and Jeff ‘Mantas’ Dunn may not plays drums and guitars with Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant anymore, but it almost doesn’t matter because these days, they’ve got Tony ‘The Demolition Man’ Dolan on vocals and bass. While Dolan’s work filling in for Venom (not Venom Inc.) in the late eighties and early nineties isn’t as well known as the earlier stuff (thanks in no small part to the fact that most of it has been out of print for years), the guy knows the material and he fits in perfectly.

And so we have Venom Inc., and the trio is now embarking on their second US tour in a year which kicked off earlier this week with two shows at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, NY. We were lucky
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Image Comics recently released the twelfth issue of Spread (read our review here), a very different and fairly shocking written by Justin Jordan and illustrated by Jen Hickman. Justin and Jen were cool enough to take the time to answer a few questions for us about their work, this series and this specifically this issue.

Read on!

Justin Jordan

Rock! Shock! Pop! -There are a lot of survival horror/end times style horror comics on the racks right now and while Spread certainly fits into that genre mold, it’s decidedly different – what do you think sets
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Ok, so at the New York Comic Con this weekend, Staz had a big promotional thing going on to hype the debut of Ash Verus The Evil Dead later this month. It was kind of neat the way they did it - they setup a life size replica of 'Ash's Trailer' outside on the inner road way. Basically you got to stand in line for the chance to wander through.... a trailer. But it was still fun. Some pictures from that.

Let’s start in the main hall – here’s where most of the bigger publishers setup shop – they’ll sell you exclusives and hold signings and sometimes Q&A sessions too. There are also a bunch of comic vendors selling back issues, variants, supplies and more.

Check out the displays from Valiant, Dark Horse, IDW, Archie, Oni and Avatar (selling CGC graded perfect ‘10’ copies of some of their own books?)…

…along with booths for Image, Titan and Dynamite.

J. Scott Campbell even sets up his own booth at the con!

The vendors are always interesting to see – a lot of the same guys and gals exhibit here every year but there are sometimes some new ones too. Original artwork, vintage comics from
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Following yesterday’s gallery of the show, today we take a look at the cosplay element of the 2015 edition of the New York City Comic Con. Love it or hate it, cosplay has become a HUGE part of what makes conventions like this so popular and it has managed to draw in a whole new crowd of convention goers who attend to show off their work and admire that of others.

And the conventions, NYCC in particular, encourage this. Given that some of the costumes can and do get a little risqué, the people at ReedPOP (the company that organizes the convention) have rightfully instituted a zero tolerance policy in regards to harassment
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Kurando Mitsutake has made a bit of a name for himself lately, and with Synapse Films releasing his Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf and Shout! Factory releasing his Gun Woman, both on Blu-ray, this week – we jumped at the opportunity to pick his brain about projects past, present and future.

R!S!P! - How did you get your start in the film industry?

After I graduated from film school at California Institute of the Arts, I was hired to co-produce supplemental featurettes for Newline Home Video. I worked on BLADE, RUSH HOUR, LOST IN SPACE and CORRUPTER.
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It's pretty safe to say that NYC's Mike Gallo lives and breathes hardcore. As a member of premier NYHC group Agnostic Front for well over ten years, Mike has laid down the heavy bass groove found on all of their albums since 2001's "Dead Yuppies". With the band's newly-released album, "The American Dream Died" receiving solid reviews worldwide, it seemed like a good time for Rock! Shock! Pop! to have a chat with Mike and get his take on the band, the album, the tours, and the state of hardcore.

Rock! Shock! Pop! : What drew you to playing music, specifically hardcore? Was bass your first choice, or were
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Sweden’s Spiders have just released their second album, Shake Electric, on Spinefarm Records and vocalist Ann-Sofie Hoyles was kind enough to talk to Rock! Shock! Pop! about the band, touring, and of course the new album itself.

Rock! Shock! Pop! - So Shake Electric is out now, Spiders’ second album. How would you say this differs from the first record, Flash Point?
Ann-Sofie Hoyles - I think you can hear elements that are similar to some tracks from Flash Point but after Flash Point we started to work more together with the songs so you can hear all of Spiders members in the new album. I think we also got more influences from the late 70's like Heart, T-Rex and David
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Nico B., the man behind Cult Epics, has been releasing interesting and obscure films on DVD and Blu-ray for years now. He was kind enough to talk to Rock! Shock! Pop! about past projects and future endeavors.

Rock! Shock! Pop!: So in addition to running Cult Epics, you’re also a filmmaker with some interesting credits under your belt. How did PIG, your collaboration with the late Rozz Williams from Christian Death come about? Did you guys know one another before the project?

Nico. B:Previously to making PIG I lived in Holland for eight years with Gitane Demone of Christian Death, and when we moved to Los Angeles together in 1997, I started hanging out with Rozz daily. We were already close friends through years of touring together. I was ready to make experimental films in
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